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Preparing for Borlase
Preparing for Borlase
It is important that all students are confident that they can make an effective, purposeful start to their A level courses in September. All departments have been asked to outline preparatory work that students should complete over the summer.
Preparatory work
Preparatory work
Download a copy of the Edexcel A Level Geography (9GEO) specification from the Edexcel website.
Read two articles from the options on this document and answer some questions to practice 'reading like a geographer' - an important A Level skill. Your will submit your work using a Google Form, but you do not need to have a Google account to do this.
If you have not studied coasts during your GCSE geography course, you may find it helpful to use resources like BBC Bitesize to become familiar with some of the important landforms and how the processes you already know (weathering, erosion, transport and deposition) occur at the coast. The majority of GCSE students have studied coasts at GCSE and you may find that spending a few hours on that content will give you more confidence as we start with the Coastal Landscapes and Change unit.
Resources to obtain
Resources to obtain
Purchase a copy of the textbook: ‘Geography for Edexcel: A Level Year 1 & AS’, Bob Digby et al, Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-1382046947
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